Three Palestinian youths sustained rubber bullet wounds, including one in the eye, after they were attacked by the occupation troops who escorted the Israeli settlers all the way through the break-in.

Buses carrying hundreds of other Israeli settlers showed up in the area, sparking clashes with Palestinian anti-occupation youths.

The IOF attacked the Palestinian protesters with randomly-shot spates of rubber bullets and teargas canisters.

Another IOF patrol stormed Nablus’s eastern town of Qaryout and wreaked havoc on the homes of anti-occupation activists.

Member of the local anti-settlement committee, Sadeq al-Qaryouti, said the occupation soldiers broke into his family home and threatened his brother with abduction in case he gets involved in further anti-settlement campaigns.

The IOF also stormed the home of the Director of the Qaryout Charity, Muhammad Mardawi, and the head of Qaryout Society, Muayad Salem.

The IOF further rolled into Jenin’s town of Qabatiya at the crack of dawn and kidnapped a Palestinian youth, 21, from his own family home.

Sounds of heavy gunfire have been detected during the break-in.

A military checkpoint was pitched by the IOF on the Jenin-Haifa Street near Zabouba town.

The IOF further shut down a printing press in al-Ram town under the request of the central region commander on allegations that it attempted to print banners mourning the slain anti-occupation protester Misbah Abu Sbeih.

UNESCO adopted Tuesday a final decision that denied any Jewish connection to the Aqsa Mosque compound and the Western Wall (al-Buraq Wall) and their surrounding areas.

UNESCO Administrative Committee announced that a new vote would take place on Tuesday on the Jerusalem resolution after Mexico changed its position under Israeli pressures.

Haaretz Hebrew newspaper earlier revealed that the Jewish community in Mexico protested against the country’s position in favour of the resolution and exerted pressures on the Mexican government to change its decision.

The UNESCO Administrative Committee is expected to hold a new vote Tuesday on Jerusalem resolution that was adopted by the UN agency last week.

Last Thursday, member states of the UNESCO voted on a draft resolution that denied any Jewish connection to the Aqsa Mosque compound and the Western Wall (al-Buraq Wall) and their surrounding areas.

However, Mexico changed its position under Israeli pressures and called for a new vote. Mexico's dramatic decision forces a new vote on the Jerusalem resolution to be held on Tuesday.

Haaretz Hebrew newspaper quoted an Israeli official as saying that the Jewish community in Mexico protested against the country’s position and exerted pressures on the Mexican government to change its decision.

Similar pressures are being exerted on other member states to change their positions during the new vote session.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning stormed Sebastia town, north of Nablus, and cordoned off the archaeological area and al-Bayader Square as a prelude to the coming of several Jewish settlers aboard buses.

Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers prevented any Palestinian from entering al-Bayader area and ordered them to stay away.

They added that the Israeli army also deployed troops at the entrance to the town as part of its security measures ahead of the settlers’ visit.

Locals have voiced fears that the settlers’ growing visits to the Palestinian archaeological sites in Sebastia could portend intents to take them over.

'Al-Haram al-Sharif, the sacred shrine of Muslims, is also the Har HaBayit—or Temple Mount—whose Western Wall is the holiest place in Judaism,' says Ban Ki-moon.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon distanced himself on Sunday from a recent UNESCO resolution[PDF] which failed to acknowledge the ties between the Jewish people and the Temple Mount.

Israel suspended its cooperation with the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), claiming the draft resolution it adopted on Thursday denies the deep, historic Jewish connection to the holy sites in Jerusalem. The resolution refers to the holiest site in Judaism—the Temple Mount—only by its Muslim name—Al-Haram Al Sharif.

"The Secretary-General reaffirms the importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls for the three monotheistic religions and stresses the importance of the religious and historical link of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian peoples to the holy site," said a statement read by the UN Spokesperson on behalf of Ban.

"The Al Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram al-Sharif, the sacred shrine of Muslims, is also the Har HaBayit—or Temple Mount—whose Western Wall is the holiest place in Judaism, a few steps away from the Saint Sepulcher church and the Mount of Olives, which is revered by Christians," Ban added.

He noted that "any perceived undertaking to repudiate the undeniable common reference for these sites does not serve the interests of peace and will only feed violence and radicalism" and called on all sides "to uphold the status quo in relation to the holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem."

UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova has already distanced herself from the resolution, emphasizing in a letter to Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni, sent in response to a letter Livni had sent, that "such decisions are discussed and taken by the Member States and not by" the director general herself.

She stressed her organization works "to fight intolerance and contemporary forms of anti-Semitism, including those which seek to delegitimize the State of Israel."

Bokova further repeated her statements from April, July and this week that "the Old City of Jerusalem is the sacred city of the three monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and that Jewish (sic), Christians and Muslims have a right to the explicit recognition of their history and relationship with the city."

Chairman of UNESCO’s Executive Board, Michael Worbs, said communications have been underway to reach a consensus over a recent resolution denying Jewish ties to the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.

Worbs said more time and dialogue between the members of the board are needed to reach a consensus over historical ties with al-Aqsa Mosque.

Thursday’s vote, which erased any Jewish ties to the Temple Mount or Western Wall by referring to them only by their Islamic names, was taken by UNESCO’s 58-member Program and External Relations Commission in advance of its expected ratification on Tuesday by the UNESCO executive board, which is made up of the same member states.

On Friday, Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett condemned the UNESCO resolution, and instructed the Israeli committee to UNESCO to freeze ties with the UN body.

UNESCO’s Director-General, Irina Bokova, also stepped away from the decision, writing on the UNESCO website that “Jerusalem is the sacred city of the three monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam.”

The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu chided the UN for what he called “an imbalanced approach,” which he claimed rather “indicates the absurdity of the UN’s one-sided, unbalanced attitude toward Israel.”